Currency Collection

Flintlock pistol used in the fur trade
Flintlock pistol to be traded at a mountain-man rendezvous reenactment, Fort Mandan, North Dakota. Photograph

Peasant paying rent in the late Middle Ages
Tenant paying rent, from a book of surveying printed in England, 1523. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Irish children carrying peat to pay for school
Children in western Ireland carrying peat to pay for their schooling, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Powder horns and musket balls used in the fur trade
Powder horns, musket balls, and other trade items at a mountain-man rendezvous reenactment, Fort Mandan, North Dakota. Photograph

Clergy collecting tax from medieval merchants
Tax on markets levied by a member of the clergy, Tournay, France, 1400s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

Making coins in the Middle Ages
Medieval coiners in their workshop. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

Murex shells, source of the purple dye traded by the Phoenicians in ancient times. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Rural newspaper editor considering farm products as payment for a subscription, 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Beaver pelt stretched on a sapling frame and laced with rawhide, a reproduction of the pre-industrial tanning method displayed in Wisconsin. Photograph

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Native Americans aboard ship to trade their furs to Europeans. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Main room of a bank vault with walls of safe-deposit boxes, 1890s. Hand colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

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Lanai Lanape family wearing black and white wampum, 1650s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

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Paper bank-note of the Ming Dynasty, China. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction

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Depositors making a run on a bank during a financial panic in the 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Pandemonium in the New York Gold Room on Black Friday, September 24, 1869. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th century illustration

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